THE Open Championship will return to the famous links at Royal Troon in a fortnight’s time.

And the great, great grandson of the legendary Willie Park junior - who won the first Open to be held at neighbouring Prestwick 129 years ago - has spoken of the impact the Ayrshire town has had on the world-famous event.

Mungo Park features in the video above and talks about his pride at seeing gthe competition go from a “local and parochial” start to one of the biggest sporting events in the world.

So get yourself in the mood for the world’s greatest golf stars arriving in under two weeks’ time by watching the clip above.